The scientific secrets of Doctor Who / Simon Guerrier and Dr. Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer, Royal Observatory Greenwich, London.

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Guerrier, Simon [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York : Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.
  • ©2015
Description
408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    "The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who is a mind-bending blend of story and science that will help you see Doctor Who in a whole new light, weaving together a series of all-new adventures, featuring every incarnation of the Doctor. With commentary that explores the possibilities of time travel, life on other planets, artificial intelligence, parallel universes and more, Simon Guerrier and Dr Marek Kukula show how Doctor Who uses science to inform its unique style of storytelling - and just how close it has often come to predicting future scientific discoveries"-- Inside front cover.
    Notes
    "This book is published to accompany the television series entitled Doctor Who, broadcast on BBC One."--Title page verso
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographic references (pages 393-398) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • pt. 1. Space
    • Sunset over Venus by Mark Wright
    • 1. Alien life and other worlds
    • The lost generation by George Mann
    • 2. Space travel
    • The room with all the doors by James Goss
    • 3. The multiverse
    • The hungry night by Jonathan Morris
    • 4. The power of the TARDIS
    • All the empty towers by Jenny T. Colgan
    • 5. The future of Earth
    • pt. 2. Time
    • Rewriting history by James Swallow
    • 6. The laws of time
    • Silver mosquitoes by L.M. Myles
    • 7. The practicalities of time travel
    • In search of lost time by Una McCormack
    • 8. Time and memory
    • Natural regression by Justin Richards
    • 9. What is a time war?
    • Potential energy by Jacqueline Rayner
    • 10. The history of Earth
    • pt. 3. Humanity
    • The arboreals by Marc Platt
    • 11. Evolution
    • The piper by Mark Morris
    • 12. Man and machine
    • The girl who stole the stars by Andrew Cartmel
    • 13. Artificial intelligence
    • The mercy seats by David Llewellyn
    • 14. Entropy and death
    • The constant Doctor by Andrew Smith
    • 15. Regeneration.
    ISBN
    • 0062386964
    • 9780062386960
    OCLC
    895301488
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